by Linda Chin Tony Award winning musical Mame will soon enjoy another revival in Greater Boston at Reagle Music Theatre (June 14 – July 23), and though life “is a banquet” but comes with few guarantees, we theatergoers can be confident that a cast led by professional actors Leigh Barrett* (Mame Dennis), Maureen Keiller* (her…
Category: Theater Reviews
Once Upon a Time at Wellesley Rep Theatre
Review by James Wilkinson ‘This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing’ – Written by Finegan Kruckemeyer. Directed by Marta Rainer. Set Design: Janie E. Howland. Sound Design: George Cooke. Costume Design: Chelsea Kerl. Lighting Design: Bridget Doyle. Fight Director: Sarah Flanagan. Presented by Wellesley Repertory Theatre at the Ruth Nagel Jones Theater…
North Shore Music Theatre’s ‘Oklahoma’ Is a Rollicking Kick Off to its 64th Season
By Shelley A. Sackett ‘Oklahoma!’ –Music by Richard Rodgers; Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; Directed by Charles Repole; Choreography by Mara Newbery Greer; Music Direction by Mark Hartman. Presented by North Shore Music Theatre, 62 Dunham Rd., Beverly, through June 16. Just when the cold, wet slog of spring 2019 was about to…
NSMT’s ‘Oklahoma’ – A True Classic
Reviewed by Tony Annicone “Oklahoma” is the classic Broadway musical that launched Rodgers and Hammerstein’s first collaboration back in 1943. So to celebrate North Shore Music Theatre’s 64th season, owner and producer Bill Hanney brings it in as his opening musical of his 10th season at this historic theatre. The story is about Curly, the cowboy, and Laurey,…
